Charl
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Charl has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 1936. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1950, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% girls, 35% boys all-time.
Babies named Charl, 1970
1 in 721,000
Charl over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Charl over time
In 1970, Charl went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Charl?
Charl had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1970
- 1 in 721,000
- 5 of 3,606,302 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 350,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1970
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 499,941 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Charl sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 499,941 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Charl. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Charls were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Charl was born before 1956 — so the typical Charl is around 69 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 44.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 91.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 50
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 44.8% of all recorded uses (30).
Is Charl rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1950 (8)
- Years since peak
- 75
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 15.5% average annual change
Spellings of Charl
Charl is not the most common spelling — Carol is, with 34.3% against Charl's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Charl around the world
Where Charl ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2006–2009#4,527in 2009
- South Australia2009–2009#708in 2009
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Charl by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Charl
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Charl
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.